The Ol 525 Is Ready For Wheat

[@logankramer7111]

The old girl sure looks good, can’t wait to see the 525 in the field. Congrats on the 25k subscribers too, you run a nice channel Ethan!

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@garybarrett-q8p]

one hundred likes for the TEETER cam such a nice puppy great video LOL i will be watchin!!!!!!!

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks.

[@garygrose6351]

Bought a 535 back in 1983, used it to cut mud holes. After the commercial cutters had left, great combine.

[@Husker3435]

Great job Ethan, First combine that I ran when I was a young un’ was a 1957 JD 55 open station with a 47 bushel hopper🤣keep that old iron humming young man👍🏻

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

I’m glad I skipped right to a cab machine. Crude as it may be. Lol

[@CurtMcElvain]

525 is a very nice looking machine! What a treat to see one in good condition most old combines by me are fence row relics that have been scavenged. Thanks for sharing

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

It’s my baby.

[@GeraldMartinMooneyham-rg7lg]

This combine is what got me watching this channel love seeing old farm equipment in use.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

It’s been here a while.

[@GeraldMartinMooneyham-rg7lg]

@@Oliver66FarmBoy I've been watching for a long while

[@stephenbontrager5894]

Great video your right harvesting has come along way hope you have a great crop of wheat.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@stephend4344]

Another option for those elevator clean out doors is to cut a section from a plastic 5 gal pail. Dad slipped a piece into the door on his 852 Massey as a quick fix, and it worked so well we ran a lot of years that way. Hardly even wore the plastic.

[@rustyrelicsfarm2406]

I found a slightly odd fact. At the farm of President Dwight D Eisenhowers farm in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. They have a New Idea no19 manure spreader on display that was used on the farm.

[@MikeMitchell-l2k]

there is also a Massey Ferguson 65 narrow front

[@harvestingharrolds1086]

That much work to change crops would make me thankful for the combines that came soon after.

[@KCIREDERF10]

She does look nice all dressed up. Thanks for the update Ethan. Take care. Fred.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

I need to repaint the wheels and cab. All that stuff has a shitty off white bushes on coat of paint. Wish everything was a nice as the white on the grain tank.

[@jonathancrissinger2301]

Looking good, I'm looking forward to seeing the videos of you in the field. Hope all goes well. See you later.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks.

[@martinwaddell]

Nice details on the change over. Thanks

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@paulletsinger4896]

When I was a kid heard my dad and uncles say it great change a combine over in half a day and that was without repairs

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

It could be done in a couple hours is you had everything laid out and knew what you were doing.

[@michaelsheeder148]

Ethan, that's a little bit of work getting the combine ready to go. The new combines where you can just push a button in the cabin and could set up for any grain you need when it breaks down it's going to cost you a lot more money you'll have to get somebody out there to fix it. I know what you mean about the expensive part. I bought a part for my push mower and it was $80. Thanks Michael

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

The joys of the modern economy.

[@standudek1372]

Just remember those fancy machines are probably financed, and are not fully owned by the operator

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Oh I’m sure they are.

[@jamesbreault5762]

Gonna be great to see the ole girl in action😅😅😅😅😅

[@danjosephson6910]

I always put some galvanized flashing under the bottom doors, even if they are solid. The tin wears and can be replaced annually and the doors don't get the wear and abuse.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Not a bad idea.

[@countryboy3201]

Great video

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@WilliamWebb-i4f]

The big boys have no idea everything they run is under warranty also anything break they just call somebody and wait for it to be fixed must be nice

[@larryrobinson44]

Thats the machine you was using , when I first started watching your videos

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

It’s been here a while.

[@Plowboy4960]

I am not sure on the belt numbers Ethan the numbers can be confusing i would have to look in my belt book if i can find them.If it says B belt or A belt it has to do with the V of the belt on how it fits in the pulley from what i have been told and the combine looks great good video too and at the end love the guy or kid trying to be like the fast and the furious some people just act stupid at times

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

A is 1/2” cross section and B is 5/8” cross section in a standard “industrial” v belt. Automotive had to fuck all that up and all the 4 digit automotive v belts have a different angle to make things “special”. I just never understood why the numbers in the A and B belts didn’t correspond to the actual length.

[@MostlyInteresting]

The guys with the late model hydro everything drive combines.... have forgot this pain

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

They never even knew it to begin with.

[@larrydurdan]

Just a FYI tidbit, nothing wrong with using snips, you can also use a straightedge to score the aluminum with a sharp blade utility knife twice and the fold the aluminum at the score line.

[@hvy1ton]

I feel attacked. You forgot reversible feeder houses and rotors.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

These have reversible feeder houses and cylinders. You just have to get out and use the slug bar.

[@oliversorensen5178]

Nice video

[@roadhogg1418]

looks like your ready Farm Boy.. Wheat was cut last week here.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

There’s been a couple guys running here. But they have all been cutting wet and binning it.

[@loganbeedy5950]

Always hated changing heads on our 525, preferred our IH 915 but that old girl got thirsty with a gas engine. And yes, that definitely looks like bondo on the head

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

A 915 gas. That had to be an oddball.

[@loganbeedy5950]

@@Oliver66FarmBoy yep, international 345CI V8 gas engine, definitely an oddball as most had the 407ci I6 diesel

[@markbaehl-dw8nm]

Did ya remove that bondo piece ya threw in the platform?

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Yes

[@rustyshank912]

I have an Oliver 430 combine any idea were to get sickle sections.

[@richardwilkens4577]

My son and I farm 800 acres of crop land and we use a john deere 55 and 4400 combines

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Whatever gets the job done.

[@mattphillips4260]

just bought new tips and screens for my sprayer and was 119 bucks

[@jasonclark3127]

Wasn’t there an Oliver combine in the weeds that would have those solid doors?

[@Eli-lb7em]

Think that’s a 545 if we are thinking of the same thing. They wouldn’t interchange

[@scottharvold6286]

Don't forget duct tape is you're freind old trick my dad and uncle tought me when we used to grow spinach seed !

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Only had to duct tape the 7300 one time to cover a rust hole. They are all still pretty tight.

[@richardmead9225]

It could be worse, towing a combine behind a tractor.

[@mattphillips4260]

i would rather have anyone the 3 combines you have they do not have computers in that and more likely be bought and not have a big payment book with them

[@dancaszatt7573]

Just curious what engine does the 525 have?

[@robertburey4704]

.52 cent on the dollar, not like IH had a choice.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Who was talking about IH?

[@orenminton405]

I don't like new or newer tractors or trucks, I also school I think older equipment are better looking and to work and in my opinion last longer then the newer shit

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

A lot less to go wrong.

[@garygrose6351]

Just built to work, now days they gotta look pretty!

[@farmer_4850]

Ok I'm not biased! I love all old combines. I have gleaners and JD 55s and 95s. But what in the hell is up with the double conveyer on the clean grain or return elevated? Why the hell bring the grain up then dump into another elevator? That's stupid! Just another elevator chain to break and wear. When the could of just brought the elevator all the way down and extended the auger out to it. Just so stupid! Probably why they weren't very popular. Also how does that combine pull the grain towards the rear from under the concaves and cylinder? I see it has a step pan. But does it shake? Or does it have a belly chain like alot of those combines built in those years did.?

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Actually the 525 was a very popular model and they literally sold thousands of them. So it must not have bothered anybody. You should probably cut the shitty attitude.

[@farmer_4850]

​@Oliver66FarmBoy maybe out in your area but I've never seen them out west is all I'm saying no shitty attitude. Just think it's fucking stupid to have to elevators and 2 augers for what fucking reason?? Please tell me why? That's all I'm wondering. No shitty attitude like I said. Just trying to figure out the waste of horsepower and extra shit to wear out when they had plenty of room to go down all the way with single elevator.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Calling it fucking stupid is a shitty attitude. Oliver didn’t sell any combined out west. They had almost zero market share west of the Mississippi so no shit you aren’t going to see any Oliver combines. And if you actually paid attention instead of just going “I don’t like that. That’s fucking stupid” you would notice the clean rain auger comes out directly under the unload auger and drive so no they could not have just run the clean grain straight down the side. But apparently you’re blind.

[@farmer_4850]

​@Oliver66FarmBoy they cld of simply moved the unloading auger? I mean it just seems like an overly complicated Massey. I know they are damn good cleaning machines. I just think the engineers had there thumbs up there asses. Made it way more complex than it needed to be. Alot like the jd 95s with variable speed cylinders. Had to much shit they didn't need. Keep it simple like gleaner! Also you never answered my question how does it move grain from under the cylinder and concaves? I didn't see a rattle chain or augers under it. I just seen the step up floor when u were showing the bearing out on the final drive.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

So you move the auger forward and it hits the variable speed, cylinder drive and everything else on that side of the machine, or you move it backwards and you’re still in the way of the clean grain elevator. Smart move. There is literally nothing over complicated about this machine. It has fewer drives and moving parts than a John Deere could ever wish to and it’s built way heavier than a Gleaner would ever dream of being.